[Leica] Neko Harbour

[imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry)]

I'd veer to the colour panorama, Jayanand even though structurally it works 
very well in B&W. The skuas look like they're having a post match 
discussion, although it's probably a post penguin one....

Douglas

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jayanand Govindaraj" <jayanand at gmail.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>; "PSM" 
<psm-1857 at googlegroups.com>
Sent: Friday, February 28, 2014 7:31 AM
Subject: [Leica] Neko Harbour


> The only time we actually set foot on the Antarctic Continent proper
> was in Neko Harbour, a very popular landing area for tourist ships. It
> is surrounded by huge, active glaciers, audibly grinding away and
> calving. A panorama of the mouth of one such biggie, both in colour
> and monochrome:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Panoramas/antarcticpanos_001/Antarctica_20140117_5264C.jpg.html
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Panoramas/antarcticpanos_001/Antarctica_20140117_5264.jpg.html
>
> As the crew were preparing for landing, I was taken up with the play
> of light and shade on this hillside, as the sun struggled to break
> through the clouds (the moon is actually visible in the last shot):
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140117_5266.jpg.html
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140117_5278.jpg.html
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140117_5286.jpg.html
>
> First off the ship were those of us who wanted to hike/climb up the 
> hillside:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140117_5338.jpg.html
>
> As we landed on the beach, we were greeted by a Weddell Seal, fast asleep:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140117_5361.jpg.html
>
> But the chief attraction of Neko Harbour was a roosting colony of
> Gentoo Penguins with their young in their circular surface nests of
> stones and pebbles:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140117_5384.jpg.html
>
> The parents reassured the chicks:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140117_5410.jpg.html
>
> Fed them - this was a newborn:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140117_5492.jpg.html
>
> Gentoos normally lay two eggs, and there were those nests, where one
> egg had hatched and one was yet to hatch:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140117_5551.jpg.html
>
> There were raucous scraps between adults, mainly caused by one Gentoo
> being caught stealing pebbles from the nests of others:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140117_5563.jpg.html
>
> Gentoos were calling everywhere:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140117_5555.jpg.html
>
> And, above the whole rookery, on the slopes, were the opportunistic
> Skua, waiting for their chance to snatch a chick or an egg:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140117_5461.jpg.html
>
> Please see LARGE
>
> Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome.
>
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
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